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Kilkenny Famine Experience

Kilkenny Famine Experience

Tuesday 14 April 2026 This event has already taken place
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About this event

Tour Duration: 50 minutes (approx.) at 9 specific locations throughout the Shopping Centre.The Tour is a self – led audio visual tour.

Visit the Kilkenny Union Workhouse which is now the beautifully restored MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre.

This award-winning FREE, self-led AV tour, begins at the Customer Service Desk (opposite Next)and will allow you to be guided around the buildings what was once the 5th Workhouse in Ireland. Hear the human stories of the inmates that lived and died within the walls.

Learn about the unexpected discovery of over 970 human remains described as the most significant discovery in the world relating to the Irish Famine.

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